All Faculty A-Z
Below is a list of all Walter S. and Lucienne Driskill Graduate Training Program in Life Sciences faculty. View individual profiles of our faculty members — with publication and contact information, research specialties and more — via the links below.
Browse the subcategories to view faculty by their research interests and learn more about their laboratory work.
Walsh, Derek F
Professor of Microbiology-Immunology
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Research in our laboratory focuses on two aspects of DNA virus biology; 1) Regulation of host signaling and translational control pathways during poxvirus infection 2) Microtubule regulation and func... [more]
Walunas, Theresa L.
Associate Professor of Medicine (General Internal Medicine), Microbiology-Immunology and Preventive Medicine (Health and Biomedical Informatics)
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I received my PhD in immunology from the University of Chicago where I discovered the function of CTLA-4, the first checkpoint inhibitor. Following my MS in computer science, I worked in microbial gen... [more]
Wang, Chyung-Ru
Professor of Microbiology-Immunology
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My research focuses on the immune function of major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class Ib molecules in normal and diseased states. My lab is interested in understanding how MHC class Ib-restricted... [more]
Wang, Lu
Assistant Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics
Watterson, Daniel Martin
Professor of Pharmacology
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The elucidation of eukaryotic signal transduction pathways, the study of signal transduction pathway perturbation in disease or injury, and the utilization of this knowledgebase for rational drug disc... [more]
Winter, Deborah
Assistant Professor of Medicine (Rheumatology)
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I was one of the first students to obtain an undergraduate degree in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology at University of Toronto. Then, I trained as a computational biologist at Duke University... [more]
Woloschak, Gayle E
Professor of Radiation Oncology and Radiology
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My research is focused on two general areas: radiobiology and bionanotechnology. Work in radiobiology includes studies of the molecular biology of radiation responses, particularly radiation toxicitie... [more]
Wong, Yvette C
Assistant Professor of Neurology (Movement Disorders)
Wu, Jane Y
Professor of Neurology (Neuromuscular Disease)
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My primary research interests are in molecular mechanisms of gene regulation, particularly those involved in neural development and neural degeneration. My lab is focusing on two areas, RNA regulation... [more]
Wu, Jennifer D
Professor of Urology and Microbiology-Immunology
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I joined Northwestern University in August 2017 as a tenured Professor in Urology. I previously served as a Professor of Microbiology and Immunology at the Medical University of South Carolina and the... [more]